dhuhr

alternative zuhr · alternative dhuhur

1. uncountableIslamThe midday Islamic prayer.

   Each afternoon – immediately following the dhuhur or midday prayers – he was summoned to Fatima's tent for a question-and-answer period.

   1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 55

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   It is 1999 and I am told that, as an employee of the nation of Islam, one of my duties is to supervise the female students of the college while they participate in Dhuhr.

   2010, Kylie Sturgess, The Lay Scientist, The Guardian (online), 10 Nov 2010